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John Stoker

John Stocker, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 25 May 2018

John Stocker held the position of Chief Executive at CSIRO from 1990 to 1995

Annabelle Duncan

Annabelle Duncan, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 6 February 2019

Annabelle Duncan was the Chief of the Division of Molecular Science (1999-2005)

Joanne Daly, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 7 February 2019

Joanne Daly was the Chief of the Division of Entomology (2003-2007) and a member of the Group Executive, Agriculture (2007-2010)

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Research vessel Investigator under construction

RV Investigator skidding time-lapse

The 93.9 metre research vessel, which weighs 6,082 ton, was moved from the wharf to a barge using a hydraulic system, and then towed to a dock, where the barge was submerged, leaving the vessel floating.

The Parkes Control Room, Apollo 11 Mission

Parkes radio telescope and the Apollo 11 Moon landing

In July 1969, the Parkes Observatory played an important role in history, when it received and broadcast the first Moon landing, Apollo 11.

2°C climate target a hot topic

Carbon dioxide emission reductions required to limit global warming to 2°C are becoming a receding goal based on new figures […]

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Mary Ann Augustin

Mary Ann Augustin

Mary Ann Augustin has had several science leadership and multi-disciplinary project leader roles at CSIRO. Her main area of research is in protein structure and immunoparasitology.

Portrait of Gerald Lightfoot

Gerald Lightfoot [1877–1966]

Mr. Lightfoot came to Australia in 1906 and joined the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics where he was responsible for establishing the Bureau's Labour and Industrial Branch and extending it to the main industrial centres of the Commonwealth.

Ruby Payne Scott black and white image

Ruby Payne-Scott [1912-1981]

Ruby Payne-Scott was an Australian pioneer in radio physics and radio astronomy, and is believed to have been the first female radio astronomer.

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Passenger inspecting aircraft window.

A Clear View (2001)

The maze of tiny cracks that develops in plane windows is irritating for passengers and expensive to fix. Now there’s […]

Light aircraft conducting controlled burning.

Flight Line One: Controlled Burning from Aircraft (1971)

This remarkable film record of marsupial birth shows mating, the female's preparation for the birth of her young and, finally, the birth itself.

San Thang at work in laboratory

Living Radical Polymerization by the RAFT Process (2007)

This video was produced to link to a paper that presents a review of living radical polymerization achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds [ZC(=S)SR] by a mechanism of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT).

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